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15 September, 2025  // In 2024, according to the Ministry of Health of Russia, the leading regions in terms of alcoholism incidence were Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (247.8 people per 100 thousand population), the Mari El Republic (222.6), Jewish Autonomous Oblast (197.5), Kirov Oblast (161.5), Arkhangelsk Oblast (134.2). The lowest numbers were in Leningrad Oblast (13.7), Moscow (15.9), and St. Petersburg (22.6).

10 September, 2025  // Since the beginning of 2025, the grain harvest in Russia has amounted to 100M tons, 7M tons more than on the same date in 2024. About 30M hectares, or 65% of the total area, have been threshed. The average yield increased by 12% - to 33.7 centners per hectare. In total, it is expected to be about 135M tons (88-90M tons of wheat). In 1990, for comparison, the record grain harvest in the RSFSR in the last year of the USSR was 115M tons (55M tons of wheat).

4 September, 2025  // From September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2026, China will introduce a 30-day visa-free regime for Russian citizens. It will be possible to enter the country without a visa for the purpose of doing business, tourism, visiting relatives and friends, and transit. In this regard, passenger traffic from Russia to China may increase by 30-40%.

5 August, 2025  // According to the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula shifted almost 2 meters to the southeast after a powerful earthquake that occurred on July 30, 2025. It is comparable to the horizontal displacements after the earthquake in Tohoku, Japan in 2011.

30 July, 2025  // On July 30, 2025, the strongest earthquake since 1952 and the strongest in the world since 2011 was recorded off the coast of Kamchatka in the Pacific Ocean. The magnitude reached 8.7. According to preliminary data, no casualties or serious damage were reported. A tsunami was observed on the coast of Kamchatka and in Sakhalin Oblast.

15 July, 2025  // From 2021 to 2025, the average age of people getting married in Russia increased - for brides from 30.7 to 33.2 years, for grooms from 32.8 to 35.3 years. The number of marriage applications: in 2021 - 1.1M, in 2022 - 1.8M, in 2023 - 2.6M, in 2024 - 2.8M. In Q1-Q2 2025, 1,095,497 births of children were registered. In 2024, the natural population decline in Russia was 596.2K.

5 July, 2025  // On July 2, 2025, the Government of Russia included bananas in the list of agricultural products, the production and processing of which is carried out by agricultural producers. This gives their producers the opportunity to receive state support. Several banana growing projects are currently being implemented in Russia.

12 June, 2025  // In 2024, according to the Ministry of Health, the increase in obesity among children by the time they graduate from school was 1.6 times. The total number of such schoolchildren is 480 thousand. The proportion of obese children aged 7-10 years - 1.67%, 11-14 years - 2.79%, 15-17 years - 2.82%. In total, about 40% of the population in Russia is overweight.

1 June, 2025  // As of 2024, according to Rosstat, 18.7% of people in Russia smoke, mainly aged 35-44. In 2018, 24.2% smoked. 43.5% of men and 86.3% of women have never tried smoking. The highest rates: Jewish Oblast (30.4%), Buryatia (25.6%), Amur Oblast (24.6%), Altai (24.4%), Komi (23.6%). The lowest: Chechnya (0.1%), Ingushetia (2.3%), Dagestan (7.2%), Kabardino-Balkaria (8.4%), Mordovia (9.2%). Moscow - 18.3%, St. Petersburg - 11.9%.

6 May, 2025  // The poor harvest (17.8M tons, 11.9% less than in 2023) led to a reduction in potato reserves in Russia. Wholesale prices have increased by more than 85% since the beginning of 2025, by 4.4 times compared to last spring. Retail prices have increased by 2.8 times year-on-year and amount to about 85 rubles per kg (1 USD).

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